Regenera, a subsidiary of Cemex, has launched a pilot project for alternative energy generation that could make Querétaro the first zero-waste municipality in the country.
The project involves transforming the city’s organic waste into alternative fuel through a drying process similar to that used in several European cities.
Thanks to this new process of drying organic waste (plant remains, decomposing food, among others), also known as biodrying, Regenera’s Broquers Ambiental plant will have the capacity to produce biomass.
This biomass will be used as an alternative fuel, reducing the sending of waste to landfills and thus avoiding the production of methane, a greenhouse gas 28 times more harmful than carbon dioxide (CO2).
Innovation, a pioneer in Mexico, is part of the circularity solutions offered by Regenera.
Since Cemex and Regenera began operating Broquers Ambiental three years ago, the plant has nearly tripled its waste management capacity, going from 8,200 to 22,800 tons per month, equivalent to almost 90% of the waste generated by the municipality.
Of this total, the plant transforms more than 8 thousand tons into alternative fuel each month, which will stop the emission of almost 12,000 tons of CO2 which is equivalent to almost a million cars being stopped for a day or almost 200,000 trees being planted and growing for 10 years.
Circularity and the promotion of a green economy promoted by Cemex, Regenera and Broquers Ambiental are part of the pillars of Futuro en Acción, the construction materials company’s program to achieve sustainable excellence through climate action, water management and biodiversity.
Its goal is to become a net-zero carbon emissions company by 2050.
So far this year, Regenera has co-processed more than 51,000 tons of waste-derived fuels, in addition to reusing construction waste as part of the solutions it offers and is now implementing in Querétaro.
